Alexander Duan is the 2026 National Geography Bee Champion!

The National Geography Bee is pleased to announce the results of its first annual National Geography Bee! The top 38 students, from a pool of approximately 6,000 from around the country, competed in the national championships held at the Sheraton Commander in Cambridge, MA.

Alexander Duan, a 10th grader from Lexington, Massachusetts, prevailed in the championship round, correctly identifying Shandong as the Chinese province, home to both Mount Tai and the birthplace of Confucius, where the Yellow River empties into the Bohai Sea. Adam Brookens, an 11th grader from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, came 2nd, and Gabriel Cabio, a 10th grader from San Antonio, Texas, came 3rd.

The National Geography Bee, Inc. is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating and inspiring curiosity in young people around the country through friendly and educational competition. Interested schools, sponsors, and partners can reach out at team@nationalgeobee.org. Registration for the 2026-2027 competition is open at nationalgeobee.org/register.

2026 National Geography Bee National Championship Results

Place	Name	Grade	School	Location
1st	Alexander Duan	10th	Lexington High School	Lexington, MA
2nd	Adam Brookens	11th	Bellefonte Area High School	Bellefonte, PA
3rd	Gabriel Cabio	10th	BASIS-Shavano San Antonio	San Antonio, TX
4th	Rohit Dhulapati	10th	Wakefield Memorial High School	Wakefield, MA
5th	Dayo Wan	9th	British International School of NY	New York, NY
6th	Ruben Widmer	12th	Mount View High School	Montville, ME
T-7th	Garrett Armstrong	11th	Nesbitt Discovery Academy	Asheville, NC
T-7th	Alan Sai	11th	Montgomery Blair High School	Rockville, MD
T-9th	William Frick	11th	Marine Science Magnet High School	Clinton, CT
T-9th	Dominick Agron	12th	Delaware Valley High School	Milford, PA
11th	Riccardo Tagliaferri	9th	Mansfield High School	Mansfield, MA
T-12th	Billy McGovern	10th	BASIS Independent School Brooklyn	New York, NY
T-12th	Liam Donovan Walnut	12th	Swampscott High School	Swampscott, MA
T-12th	Nathaniel Luna	12th	The Clinton School	New York, NY
T-12th	Bobby Marois	10th	Lakes International Language Academy	Forest Lake, MN
T-12th	Dyllan Foster	12th	Lawrence High School	Canaan, ME
T-12th	Jackson Leclair	9th	Alvirne High School	Hudson, NH
T-18th	Juelz Brown	9th	Corinth Holders High School	Clayton, NC
T-18th	Liam Statler	11th	Bishop Carroll Catholic High School	Cresson, PA
T-18th	Angus McGranahan	12th	2nd Nature Academy	Nashua, NH
T-18th	Yonatan Samuel	12th	Apple Valley High School	Apple Valley, MN
T-18th	Isaac Weaver	12th	Casco Bay High School	Portland, ME
T-23rd	Edward Rice	11th	Boston Collegiate Charter School	Boston, MA
T-23rd	Ethan Lantz	10th	Carlisle High School	Carlisle, PA
T-23rd	Cooper Sekulic	12th	East Lyme High School	East Lyme, CT
T-23rd	Arthur Oliveira	12th	Pioneer Charter School of Science I	Everett, MA
T-23rd	Oliver Jurick	10th	Berkeley Springs High School	Berkeley Springs, WV
T-23rd	Qaasim Malik	12th	Springbrook High School	Silver Spring, MD
T-29th	Matthew Brehm	9th	Capital Area School for the Arts	Elizabethtown, PA
T-29th	Henry Pepper	9th	Pioneer Charter School of Science II	Saugus, MA
T-29th	James Feeley	10th	Bishop Ireton High School	Alexandria, VA
T-29th	Milan Bonilla-Cruz	11th	Franklin Academy	West Hartford, CT
T-29th	Armando DeSousa	10th	The Montfort Academy	Mount Vernon, NY
T-34th	Oliver Hickman	10th	High School for Language and Diplomacy	New York, NY
T-34th	Darian Kunert	10th	Whitman-Hanson Regional High School	Hanson, MA
T-34th	Maxwell Kerry	10th	Nauset Regional High School	Eastham, MA
T-37th	Eila O'Toole	11th	Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative High School	Wilton, NH
T-37th	Andrew Kovalsky	10th	Hampden Charter School of Science	Agawam, MA